Word: stung
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...Bush was stung, but not fatally. An SEC investigation concluded that he had done nothing to merit punishment. One month after he was cleared, Bush resigned from Harken's board--and declared for Governor...
...mistake, they believe the fact that such a mistake was possible is a sign that the U.S. doesn?t take China seriously as a power, and that?s going to prompt them be very obstructive in order to get Washington?s attention." Even before the bombing, China was stung by the fact that the U.S. had ignored its opinions in proceeding to attack Yugoslavia, and by the impression that President Clinton hadn?t been adequately prepared for Prime Minister Zhu Rongji?s April visit to Washington. The embassy strike proved to be the last straw, unleashing a wave of sometimes...
...fall stung," Steele said. "It really hurt, and we wanted to play well in the spring...
...pursed lips. Witherspoon wants Tracy to be a walking display of pyrotechnics--a winner at all costs. Broderick, as her nemesis, plays the hapless fool even better than he normal does. (Besides, we give him serious bonus points for having to walk around half the film with a bee-stung, infected eyelid...
...pride. After bowing deeply, Chung, 49, would pitch his hot-pot lunches--steaming vegetables with shrimp and fiery pepper sauce--then explain how he had lost his Samsung job. Often people slammed the door in his face. Those who listened didn't offer him a chair. The frosty treatment stung, but Chung knew that in status-conscious Korea, Samsung is at the top of the job heap, and catering is near the bottom. "Running a restaurant wasn't a respectable thing to do," says Chung. "The hardest part of shifting gears was dealing with my pride...